A Facebook photo that identifies Chris Plaskon of Milford. (Image blurred because of obscene gesture.)

MILFORD >> His hands and clothes covered in blood moments after stabbing his 16-year-old classmate multiple times, Christopher Plaskon told a school resource officer, “I did it. Just arrest me,” according to a court document released Tuesday.

Plaskon, 16, is accused of stabbing Maren Sanchez Friday morning in a hallway at Jonathan Law High School, where both teens went to school. Sanchez died of wounds to her neck and chest, the state medical examiner said. Her face also was cut, police said.

Plaskon has been charged with murder. His case has now been moved to adult court and he was officially identified by authorities Tuesday.

Authorities are investigating whether the stabbing stemmed from Sanchez declining Plaskon’s request to go to prom with him. The junior prom was scheduled for that night, but was postponed after the stabbing. Friends have said Plaskon and Sanchez never dated, but were friends, and that Plaskon was obsessed with her.

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Vigils were held Friday and Monday night. School was cancelled Monday, but resumed Tuesday, with most students clad in purple, Sanchez’s favorite color.

On the same day that students returned to the school, Plaskon was arraigned at a medical facility as an adult. His case was moved to adult court after he was initially charged as a juvenile, according to state judicial branch spokeswoman Rhonda Stearley-Hebert.

Plaskon, of Seaview Avenue, will appear publicly for the first time Friday at Superior Court in Milford, Stearley-Hebert said. He is being held in a psychiatric hospital pending a transfer to the state Department of Correction. His case is being heard by Judge Frank Iannotti.

“I want to thank all the members of the various agencies who have cooperated in this matter and conducted these preliminary hearings under difficult circumstances,” said Kevin Lawlor, state’s attorney for the Ansonia-Milford district, in a prepared statement. “This office will continue to seek justice in this case, as we do in all cases, and we will move forward with the prosecution.”

“Words can only fall short in conveying the depth and breadth of the raw sadness we are left with by this unimaginable tragedy,” the statement said. “Our hearts are forever broken as we, like you, struggle to understand.”

The family said, “We join with the entire Milford community to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of this most vibrant and exceptional young woman.”

Plaskon’s family thanked relatives, friends and neighbors for reaching out to them in what they called their darkest hour.

“We pray for the wisdom to guide us as we desperately try to pull together the shattered pieces of our families,” the family said.

Sanchez has been remembered by her family and friends as a “bright light,” who was an honors student, a student-manager of several sports teams and very involved in the school. She was set to perform next week in a school musical and was a talented singer. She planned to go to the prom with her boyfriend, and was excited about her dress.

A probable cause statement written by Milford Detective Sgt. Douglas Youd was released Tuesday providing more details about the stabbing.

Youd said Plaskon was taken to the principal’s office at the school after the “altercation” occurred at about 7:15 a.m. School Resource Officer James Kiely talked to Plaskon, whose hands and clothes were bloody, in the office. Kiely, who was aware that the altercation had taken place, asked Plaskon what happened, to which he responded, “I did it. Just arrest me,” according to the document.

Youd said a witness saw Plaskon on top of Sanchez during the “attack/murder” and unsuccessfully tried to pull him away from the victim.

Police said the assault took place in a stairwell base by a school access door along the east side of the high school, facing Lansdale Avenue.

“There was considerable blood evidence about this scene consistent with what investigators in short order learned was a knife attack by Christopher Plaskon,” Youd wrote. “The murder weapon, a knife, was recovered by police in a hallway a short distance from the murder scene.”

Police have said a school nurse and other staff members provided medical treatment to Sanchez in the hallway while waiting for emergency medical personnel to arrive. Sanchez was taken by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital by AMR, where she died.

An autopsy conducted by the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. James Gill, determined the cause of death was stab wounds to Sanchez’s neck and trunk. Gill indicated the manner of death was homicide, according to police.

According to court documents, Plaskon is on suicide watch, will receive psychiatric attention and all prescribed medications and will be kept in an “age appropriate facility.” His bail was set at $3 million.

Plaskon is being represented by attorney Richard Meehan of Bridgeport.

Sanchez’s wake is scheduled for Thursday at the Cody-White Funeral Home, 107 North Broad St., in Milford, from 2 to 7 p.m. The school district is working with Durham Bus company and police to facilitate transportation needs, parking and security for the wake, according to a release. More details will be released Wednesday, school officials said.